Serina Stratton's Art Blog

Let Me Out of the Kitchen, foam core, paper, glue, white spray paint, and black ink, 2.5' x 1' x 8" This spacial blueprint was created to represent one of my work spaces as a chef. I am in this small kitchen for at least eight hour intervals and am constantly making, plating, and running food. by making the sculpture into a circle, I am able to represent the hectic environment without having to illustrate it in detail. I carved the sphere of foam into the shapes of the appliances that I have in my kitchen. These include a dish washing station, a hot and a cold table, a flat top grill, and a press grill. I also included a hand reaching out of the enclosed space to represent myself in the small area.Though I like my job very much, there have been times where I felt like I was trapped in a cycle of making food. By using paper to wrap the vine like forms around the arm and on the appliances, I can even further illustrate the feeling of restraint.

Discomfort memento, wood, metal, and leather, 4" x 4" x 5" This sculpture was made as a memento for the memory of telling my family about when I was sexually assaulted. The memory involves being in a hardware store in the lumber section, when out of sheer chance the conversation came up. The materials I used represent the setting of the memory as well as how I felt telling them about this part of my life. The leather straps are supposed to represent the restraint I felt by keeping the event unknown and inside of myself for so many years. The nails, however, are meant to represent the discomfort in explaining the situation to them. By using a pyramid shape, I was able to create a form that had many chaotic lines, and also a neutral square.  https://foundations3ddesign.blogspot.com/search/label/Memento%20Artists

Seoquin the fox, carved out of soap, 2.5" x 1.75" x 4"

The Mystery box, wood, paper, tape, and hot glue, 10" x 10" x 6" Arm Man, balsa wood, paper, and glue, 10" x 1.5" x 7"